Economic Liberties Applauds FTC’s Landmark Lawsuit Against John Deere for Protecting Farmers’ Right to Repair
January 15, 2025 — Following the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit—joined by Illinois and Minnesota Attorneys General—against John Deere for its monopolistic repair restrictions that burden farmers with higher costs and devastating delays, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
DOJ Makes Clear That KKR Is Not Above the Law in Suit Against Private Equity Giant for HSR Violations and Antitrust Evasion
January 14, 2025 — Following news that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has filed a lawsuit against private equity firm KKR for its serial violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act), attempting to evade antitrust scrutiny for at least 16 separate transactions, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
PBMs Mark Up Life-Saving Drugs by as Much as 7,736%, New FTC Report Reveals
January 14, 2025 — Following the Federal Trade Commission’s unanimous 5-0 vote to release the second part of its 6(b) investigation into consolidated pharmacy benefit managers — the drug middlemen that rake in profit at the expense of patients and independent pharmacists — the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Rethink Trade Celebrates Remediation Actions Won Through USMCA RRM Labor Rights Enforcement Case Against VDO, Mexican Subsidiary of a Michigan-based Firm Producing Doors and Blinds Sold Throughout the U.S.
January 13, 2025 — Rethink Trade welcomes the remediation actions announced by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Labor related to a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s (USMCA) labor rights Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) case against the Matamoros, Mexico glass manufacturer Vidrio Decorativo Occidental, S.A. de C.V. (VDO) . The RRM case was initiated in response to a petition revealing systematic violations of VDO workers rights to organize and bargain collectively filed on October 10, 2024 by the Sindicato Nacional Independiente de Trabajadores de Industrias y de Servicios Movimiento 20/32 (SNITIS), United Steelworkers and Rethink Trade.
Economic Liberties Files Amicus Brief in Ryan v. FTC Challenging Judicial Overreach in Defense of FTC’s Noncompete Rule
January 10, 2025 — The American Economic Liberties Project filed an amicus brief this week with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the ongoing case, Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, defending the Federal Trade Commission’s Noncompete Clause rule and challenging the district court’s sweeping use of universal vacatur to resolve challenges to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) — which causes enforcement of the rule to be enjoined nationally.